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wmangum
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Davide ha cinquant'anni!
#230491 - 01/22/04 07:40 PM




My fellow TTOL'ers, I come to you tonight with a heavy heart.

I must report to you that on Friday, January 23, 2004 our dear friend Davide Pugliese will be passing over the hill. As in, can you say "FIFTY"?

That's right, the BIG FIVE-OH!!!

Cele: You have my deepest sympathy.

Davide: Buon compleanno e tanti auguri, il mio caro amico!!!



Let the abuse begin!


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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni [Re: wmangum]
#230503 - 01/22/04 08:13 PM


Ah, Eric passed that mark less than 2 weeks ago!!! Perhaps he can commiserate with Davide soon??????????

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230514 - 01/22/04 09:51 PM


Just remember, fifty is nifty!! Guess that dates me, but having spent #53 in paradise last year, know Davide will have a wonderful 50th!! Hope to see you in March.





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230524 - 01/22/04 10:31 PM


Happy Birthday Davide! Have a great day. See you next week. I hope we'll have time to have a cocktail together during our stay.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230531 - 01/22/04 11:35 PM


Best wishes for a wonderful Birthday Davide! Perhaps you will be taking the night off and letting someone else cater to your every whim for a change??

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Re: Happy Birthday to Davide [Re: wmangum]
#230537 - 01/23/04 02:29 AM


Tanti auguri di buon compleanno da Massimiliano e Sonia. Speriamo di rivederci presto al Brandywine, desideriamo apprezzare ancora la tua fantastica cucina. Ciao!

The best wishes of an happy birthday from Massimiliano and Sonia. We hope to see you soon at Brandywine, we wish to appreciate again your fantastic cooking. Ciao!






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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230542 - 01/23/04 04:58 AM


Happiest 50th to you Davide -- take the day off and enjoy yourself, afterall you'll only be 50 once!
Many to you! JD


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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230545 - 01/23/04 05:22 AM


Congrats Davide! I vaguely remember 50.. long time ago.
But.. you're now officially MIDDLE AGED.. have fun!

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230550 - 01/23/04 06:15 AM


Happy 50th Birthday Davide Looking forward to finally meeting you when we get down there in May.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230554 - 01/23/04 07:09 AM


Happy birthday Davide.
Have an Aquavit on me.
See you in December.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230556 - 01/23/04 07:20 AM


Davide,
I am shocked! You do not look a day over 49!
I say drink as many free Grappas as you can pry away from the owner and sail away for the day!
Congrats on making it this far because it just keeps getting better!

Jane

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230557 - 01/23/04 07:25 AM


Happy Birthday Davide!!!!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful day.
Susan

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230561 - 01/23/04 07:30 AM


TANTISSIMI AUGURONI ANCHE DA PARTE NOSTRA DAVIDE!!!

Un grossissimo abbraccio a te e a Cele!!

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230564 - 01/23/04 07:40 AM


Good Morning Davide,

Happy 50th. I’ll toast you with a glass of grappa tonight when I get home.

I’m afraid I’m dragging my 50th a few years behind me, although not as far astern as Captain Whitebeard’s. 50 really ain’t so bad. And you are pretty lucky. I only got to spend a week or so in the islands to celebrate mine – you get to spend most of the year. All my best whishes my friend,

Stephen

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230566 - 01/23/04 07:45 AM


Davide,
You're 50?! Have a wild birthday, induldge in shameless and outrageous behavior.
Don't worry, by tomorrow you probably won't remember what you did anyway. I hear that happens when you get old.
By the way...you make 50 look good!
Best wishes,
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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230626 - 01/23/04 10:08 AM


Happy Birthday to a very sexy 50 year old - hope to see you soon

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230629 - 01/23/04 10:11 AM


Davide having reached the age of 50 is now legally a "Dirty Old Man."

The new signature cocktail at Brandywine is the "Life Preserver" and is:
2oz. Bartolito Rum
3oz. Prune Juice
splash of Geritol.
Combine the ingredients in a shaker (remeber to fill with ice), chill, stir, strain into a martini glass and serve garnished with viagra.

Best to you Davide.

Stinky

PS: If Cele is looking to trade you in for a younger guy, I still have nearly a decade left before I hit 50.






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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: StinkyHands]
#230635 - 01/23/04 10:21 AM


Stinky,
If Davide lets you live. You may need a food tester for your next meal at BW.
Jane

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230654 - 01/23/04 11:20 AM


Davide..happy birthday ..wish I could be there with Ed , Barb and the gang..thanks for the invite..I'll be raising one to you at 30,000- feet tonight as I fly north..many..many more malcolm





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230675 - 01/23/04 12:38 PM


............Davide..........HAPPY BIRTHDAY

How are the aches and pains now you reached the big 50 !!! .......
Am bringing in my poly filla and duct tape ........helps me, how could I survive 50 without it ......Have a great day Davide and psssssst can I have the duct tape back when your finished with it ( only joking) yikes your going to get even with me ........ ........Have a great day see you soon

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230751 - 01/23/04 03:52 PM


Davide may be fifty, but he makes me feel like a 100 after a couple of days on Scrub Island





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230816 - 01/23/04 06:24 PM


Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every birthday is worth celebrating, but 50 Is extra special.

I hope you have wonderful evening and night and many next years'!!

As I write this I realize that you are celebrating in a (hopefully) beautifull evening with a lot of your friends around.

NOW I'M GETTING MAJOR DIF!!!! must be time for a glass of Grappa!! Ahhhhhhhhh feeling better already.

Wish we were there - but we'll just have to celebrate it all over again with you when we are!

Many Happy Returns................and to all your family too (a very weird Dutch tradition)



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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230850 - 01/23/04 10:36 PM


Davide - 50 is just the start of then greatest time of your life (enough sense to know what you shouldn't be doing and enough wisdom to say "too bad"). Hoping you've had a most wonderful day and I lifted at least a few glasses to you tonight!

Hope to see you and Cele in May!!









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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230857 - 01/24/04 01:14 AM


Happy Birthday Davide! I feel like I know you from all of Walker's posts! And you just happen to share a birth day with two of my best friends here in California! :) I hope to meet you some day at your restaurant on Tortola! I raise my glass to you on this fine evening! CHEERS!
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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230858 - 01/24/04 01:16 AM


Oh yeah - age only matters if you are a piece of cheese or a bottle o' wine!





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: Taira]
#230897 - 01/24/04 09:04 AM


Since Davide makes his own mozzarella cheese and has one of the best wine cellars on the island, I think he will fit right in!

Happy Birthday, Davide and all the best from new friends!

Dawn & Robbin






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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230944 - 01/24/04 01:26 PM


Moderators
Are you guys falling asleep at the wheel? Doesn't this thread belong in BVI People Talk?

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: BillCampbell]
#230979 - 01/24/04 06:06 PM


This thread is absolutely, positively travel related.

Why? I am making this post from Davide's office. Nancy and I traveled all day yesterday to be here for a mega-surprise birthday party last night. I could not post anything earlier about the trip because I could not let Davide have even a hint about it.

OK, now that I have "legalized" the post by including some travel talk in it, I will add a couple of quick details. There were 48 guests, including Chief Minister Dr. Orlando Smith and his wife Lorna, Charles Tobias (owner of the Pusser's empire) and his wife Joanna, Davide's mother and father from Italy, TTOL'ers Mike ("chef_mike") and Val ("islandgirl123"), and many many others.

The surprise was absolutely total. Davide thought that the Rotary Club was having a big dinner at Brandywine Bay last night. He had no clue that he was preparing his own birthday party dinner!

I spoke to Dr. Orlando Smith about TTOL -- he's a fan, and Lorna really is a fan. It is probably not cool for heads of state to post on the internet, however....

I took over 150 photos last night, and will write a detailed journal of the entire trip when we get back home Monday. (This is just a weekend trip!)




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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230990 - 01/24/04 07:46 PM


Hi Walker
I do not mean to get into a war of words with you or anyone else on this board. While, I am sure we all respect your contributions to this board re navigational help, great photos of the BVI etc., etc. I do really believe that wishing a Happy Birthday to a BVI business man whether it be a restauranter, booze baron or a Chief Minister does not belong on a traveltalk section. A section devoted to this type of communiction is known as People Talk. If you wish to send me birthday greetings, as I was also in business in the BVI, you may do so, but please don't do it on this board.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#230993 - 01/24/04 07:54 PM


Buenos Noches Mi Amigo! When you travel over to Davide (a couple of steps or so) please give him a big birthday hug for me I'm sure he won't mind. (tell him it's from Lupe) I





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231003 - 01/24/04 09:04 PM


Best wishes to Davide; he has some terrific friends

Happy Birthday as you start the second 50!

JudyG






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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231010 - 01/24/04 09:25 PM


Congratulations to Cele for pulling off such a wonderful surprise for Davide, aka "the booze baron". LOL Sounds like fun was had by all. Look forward to your tales and photos. Thanks for the report!
Susan

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: BillCampbell]
#231026 - 01/25/04 02:03 AM


BillC,

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: mickeyowens]
#231036 - 01/25/04 05:56 AM


Happy Birthday Davide....
A little late since I am In France and did not catch the thread right away.....

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: BillCampbell]
#231043 - 01/25/04 06:47 AM


99% of the people who have contributed to this section appears to me to be from countries other than the BVI. People who have a love for the Islands and its people and strong friendships made whilst visiting this wonderful place.

Travellers for the first time to the BVI can only be encouraged at seeing so many people from around the world contribute in wishing the BVI resident or residents a Happy Birthday.

It really is a great place to visit, or live so come on out on vacation, and your assured of a warm welcome and maybe like some of the members on here life long friends.

Now I am confused, does this post go in BVI people talk (I live on the Island) or do I just slip it in this section. Oh well to late put it in this section now :duh

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: Island_Girl_123]
#231133 - 01/25/04 02:01 PM


Back to the topic...

Walker - great work! And Davide, a big kiss from Christine and a large toast of Strega from me. Can't wait until I turn 50 in another 20 or so years.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: JeffC]
#231146 - 01/25/04 02:47 PM


Quote:



until I turn 50 in another 20 or so years




Yeah, right ---- life is tough! And we will not go about my age -- think it is 28 and counting, if I remember correctly!

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: JeffC]
#231160 - 01/25/04 03:24 PM


Jeff,

What ever your real age may be it is difficult for me to believe you be will be adding many years to it if you frequently enjoy "a large toast of Strega". IMHO that is some seriously scary stuff.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: Eric_Hill]
#231169 - 01/25/04 04:14 PM


Happy B-day Davide, now can we close this or move it to the talk section where it should be. Remember those folks on dial up.





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: sfalko]
#231175 - 01/25/04 04:32 PM


Steve

I'm 8 years older than our favorite restauranteur...but with all the Strega (and Booker's), I look like 90.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: JeffC]
#231196 - 01/25/04 06:39 PM


Jeff,

I've been thinking - maybe I've got it wrong. Strega just might be = embalming fluid. Might be if you'd started Strega at 16 you'd still exhibit the blush of youth.

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231403 - 01/26/04 02:36 PM


Happy Birthday Davide

I'll give you a "special present" next time I'm down

Carol xoxoxo

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231493 - 01/26/04 10:26 PM


Davide...You're just getting started! Noting to do now but improve! WE will be there celebrating our 31st wedding anniversay on Feb 16th. I know you will still look "younger than Spring time" All the best to you on your 50th!


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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231728 - 01/27/04 04:27 PM


Back at home -- and off to Chicago early in the morning. I hand-wrote a journal that I will try to transcribe and post sometime over the next week.

Photos (246 of them...) are posted at http://www.nwmangum.com/Davide50/index.html. I have not had time yet to add any captions to the pictures.

Davide, as he walked into the restaurant Friday night....



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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231750 - 01/27/04 05:31 PM


Walker..you lucky dog..looks like a wonderful time with loads of our pals..just wish we could have made it too..thanks for the pictures..Malcolm





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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231768 - 01/27/04 06:32 PM


Great pics Walker! Looks like you all had a wonderful time. I haven't met Davide yet, but we hope to get to BW during our upcomming trip in May. In honor of his 50th birthday, I just wanted to do my part to get this thread to 50 replies!

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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#231788 - 01/27/04 07:53 PM


Great Pictures Walker.

Looks like a good time was had by all!!


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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: JeffC]
#231860 - 01/28/04 08:12 AM


And I have 7 years on Jeff.!!! I chalk it up to really good vodkas and the highest quality olives I can find
Sorry I've been so "quiet" lately but it's been a helluva 4+
days. Saturday I was out for 10 hours with some people from out of town.. same thing Sunday in the cold sloppy rain. Then came the freezing rain and subsequent ice storm Sunday night.
If any of you are familiar with this part of Georgia, you know we have a zillion tall spindly pines everywhere. They get to 60' to 80' in a few years with just a clump of green on top.. PERFECT to collect a nice big ice ball supported by a trunk less than 10 inches in diameter. You get the picture now. Yep.. they snap off with a loud crack and take the power lines with them. Ours went off around 8am Monday morning. In all, about 200,000 people lost power and some still hasn't been restored as last night. We got our back at 3:00am yesterday morning but many businesses and homes are still without. Crews are here from adjacent states and I saw five crews yesterday from Alabama Power. Trees are still down everywhere and it's a mess. Welcome to the SUNNY SOUTH!

I'm impressed Walker.. you did it well. And again.. Happy Birthday Davide. I'll do it again in person when we see you May 3. Reservations for 6 at 8:00 p.m.! No Grappa for my or the crew.. we have to sail the next day .. and a checkout.

Just wish some of my good friends were also going to be there in May but so far only Sailorick is on the calendar. But, we'll have two of the finest cats in the BVI during that time, Jeannius and AristoCat II.

I'm also glad to learn that Dr. Orlando Smith and his wife Lorna are TTOL fans and keep up with our ramblings. Greetings to you both from Augusta, GA, and I hope we get to meet someday.


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Bill Hartzman - Augusta, GA
bill@billhartzman.com
Counting Down To 5/3/04!









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Manpot
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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: BillH]
#231895 - 01/28/04 09:56 AM


Hey Bill, dont count me out ! I (or we wife Candace and I) may be down then depending how far along the remodel has got and , if we are, count us in for Brandywine..it's the best send off from the island ( we'll let you know closer to the date). And I also chatted with Dr Smith about TTOL and he told me they check it regularly so our voice is being heard ( read) by the top brass and believe me this is a man who belives in hearing everybody's opinion..stay away from the big falling ice and think about balmy nights at Latititude 18!! Malcolm





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looniewhite
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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: wmangum]
#232036 - 01/28/04 05:47 PM


Looks like you had a ball! Thanks for the pics, Walker.

Looking at all that sun, sea and fun, just after I dug myself out of a snowdrift in the driveway..................................

But then, this is Canada, it winter, so what do you expect, right?

It looks like Davide was Surprised!

Hope all had as great a time as the pictures seem to suggest.

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JeffC
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Re: Davide ha cinquant'anni! [Re: looniewhite]
#232044 - 01/28/04 06:08 PM


With great pleasure, here's the 50th and final post in this thread (I guess that doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean).

Happy birthday, young man, from all your friends here at TTOL. Many, many more great days ahead!

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Best,
Jeff Carlin
Bloomington, IN






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